Membership 2022 Campaign
1. In Memorium - On leave of Absence - Major Clark J. Van Buskirk - Honoring the memory of Major James W. Beck.
Born Oct 23, 1831 in Wilkes County Georgia son of Rev. T. J. Beck
enlisted in Company B 2nd Georgia elected Captain in the 44th
Georgia prometed to Major for meritorious service on the field.
Fought at Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, He was
promoted Colonel and commanded the 44th to the end of the war.
He was married in 1853 to Margaret Willis and had 3 children Marcus
W., Lenore, and Walter L. After
the war he became College President.
He was a Royal Arch Mason.
1C. Lady Elizabeth 'Betty' VanBuskirk
- Honoring the memory of Lady Margaret Willis Beck
2. Captain Art Mallette -
Honoring the memory of Captain William B. Haygood.
He was 38 years old when he enter the 44th as a 2nd Lieutenant, on March 17, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut. July 15, 1862, he was elected Captain on July 15, 1862 this was the
same day when his friend; Colonel Lumpkin become commanding officer of the
44th. He was born Jan. 5, 1824 Died at home in Kerkwood DeKalb County Ga. On Monday Jan.2,
1899. When the war started he ownd a farm in Watkinsville Ga. He was wounded at Sharpsburg
on Sept. 17, 1862, again at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 he lost his right arm. The same ball
that took his arm also hit the Colonel in the leg. He was take prisoner on July 11 1863 with
the medical wagons on there way back to Virginia He was held at Johnson's Island till the end
of the war. He was Paroled on Aug. 18 1865 in Watkinsville, Ga. He was born Jan 5, 1824.
His father was William, and Mother was Mary Polly Stroud. His Father had died and his mother
own the Farm in 1860 valued at $12,500, she had personal value of $9600. She died in 1868. At the
start of the war he own land in 1860 value at $2000 and had person value of
$2500.
3. 1st. Sergeant Rick Sasor -Honoring the memory of
Sergeant Joseph H. McRee
He was 34 years old when he enter the
44th as 1st Corporal, March 17, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg Pa., and again at
Fort Steadman Va. Promoted 1st Sergeant. Served through the war. The son of Thomas and Frances McRee
Born in July 14, 1828 Died Aug. 8 1906 Watkinsville, Clarke County he was capenter by trade.
Owned his home value at $1100.00, he married April 10, 1851 to Susan F. Elder McRee born 1832,
they had a son Orlando 1852, and daughters Tallulah 1855, and Naomi 1858. after the war they had
3 more children. In 1903 he was living in Decatur Ga.
4. 1st Corporal Ken Doran - Honoring the memory of
2nd Sergeant William H. Bishop
He was 32 years old when he enter the 44th as a private,
March 17, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg Pa. Promoted 2nd Sergeant Captured at Spottsylvania,
Va. Released 1865. Was born 1830 Married Elizabeth born 1831 in 1851 Rebbeca was born 1852,
and James in 1858 he was a butcher at this time of his life, he could not read or write
in 1860. After the war his wife had died and remarried Malinda learned
to read and write an they had a son William in 1867 became a policeman in
the Town of Bibb Georgia were he lived in 1880. In 1903 He was living in Bishop Georgia.
9. 2nd Corporal
Michael Lordi - Honoring the memory of Private William Pulnot
He was 26 years old when he enter the 44th as a private. May 7, 1862.
Wounded at Gettysburg Pa. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. He was born on Feb 1836 in Clarke
coungty Ga. At the start of the war he was working on his Mother Mary Poulnott Farm.He married Susan
in 1859 they had a daughter Ween Ann in 1867 and returned to farming but did not own the land any more.
For some unknown reason his name got change from Poulnott In 1903 he was living in Oconee County Ga.
13 Private Clark R. Van Buskirk - Honoring the memory
of Sergeant George W. Klutts
He was 27 years old when he joined the 44th Ga.as 2nd Sergeant on
March 17, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville Va. May 2, 1863 he died from wound in Richmond Va.
June 2, 1863. He was born 1835 in Watkensville Ga. He was the son of Jacob and Milly Klutz,
was a brickmason like his father. He may have been the Great Grandfather of the
Major. The Great Great Grandfather of Clark R.
8. Private William Ringel - Honoring the memory of
4th Corporal William E. Elder
He was 20 years old when he joined the 44th as a private on
March 17, 1862. Promoted 4TH Corporal. Captured at Spottsylvania, Va., May 10,
1864. Released after the surrender. He was born in 1842 on the farm of his
father Daniel, and Minevia in Clarke county Ga. In 1880 he was a convict Guard
in Green Ga. He had lost his wife. In 1903 he was living in Oconee county Ga.
8C. Lady Michale Ringel - Honoring the memory of
Lady Alice Elder
5. Private Kurt B. Haywood - Honoring the
memory of Ordnance Sergeant William J. Reese
March 4, 1862. Appointed Ordnance Sergeant November 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Died in Macon County, Georgia.
16. Private Gerard E. Mayers - Honoring the memory of Private
Gilmer A. Tiller
He was 23 years old when he enter the 44th as a private, May 7, 1862.
Captured in Pennsylvania, He was 25 years old when he died in prison. Born in Clarke county in 1839
the oldest son of Elisla and Lencey Tiller he had 2 sisters and brother, worked on his father farm
before the war
7. Private James Marshall - Honoring the memory of
3rd Corporal Calvin A. Dicken
He was 18 years old when he joined
the 44th as 5TH Corporal on March 17, 1862. Promoted 3RD Corporal. Captured at
Spottsylvania, Va., on May 19, 1864. Released 1865. He was born 1846 his father
R. B. Dicken and mother Mahala his father was a blacksmith they lived in Clarke
county Ga. After the war he became a farm labor never married and died before
1880.
He was 18 years old when he enter the 44th as a private, May 7, 1862,
Wounded at Ellison's Mill, Va. and Gettysburg, Pa. Detailed as teamster April 1864. Served through the war.
Born in 1844 lived in 1860 with Lawyer Berley family in Coweta Ga.After the war he married Elizabeth
and they had a daughter Louis 1868, son John 1870, Daughter Lallie 1873, son William Jackson 1875,
James Thomas 1878, and Mary 1880 living as a farmer in Giles Ga. In 1903 he was living in Oconee County Ga.
17. Private Ben Lanza - Honoring the memory of Private
Lewis Whitehead
was 33 years old when he joined the 44th as a private, November 7, 1863
Wounded near Richmound Va., Captured and died in the prison. He was born 1829 in Watkensville, Oconne
county Ga. 1860 he is married to Julia and they have 4 children on there farm.
17. Private William Lanza - Honoring the memory of Private
William Whitehead
He was 26 years old when he joined the 44th GA as a Private on May 7, 1862. Promoted to 3rd Sergeant.
Lost a leg at Wilderness, VA. Discharged on account of wound.
Born in 1836, the son of Daniel and Anna Whitehead on there farm near Athens, GA.
He married Sarah and they had daughter Jane in 1862. After the war they had 4 more children and moved to a farm in Jackson, GA.
He worked and lived on Mr Asken's farm in 1880. In 1910 he and his wife lived in Hall, GA.
13 Private Keith Van Buskirk, Jr. - Honoring the memory
of Thomas Hall
: He was 28 years old when entered the 44th GA as a private on March 17, 1862.
Wounded at Ellison's Mill, VA. Served through the war. Born 1834 in Georgia.
In 1860 worked for Mosely Carriage Makers. He Lived with the family in Dainelesville, GA.
After the war married Sarah and they bought a farm in Baldwin, GA.
They never had any children. In 1903 he was living in Oconee County, GA.
15. Private Dan Kimball - Honoring the of Private Nantford B. C. Langford
He was 26 years old when he joined the 44th as a private, March 17, 1862.
Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. Released 1865. Was born 1836 in Walkinsville Ga. The son of Preacher
Bedford Langford and Mary Langford. After the war he married Elizabeth and they had Aurther 1868,
Walter 1872, Mime 1874 and Eva 1878. He owned a hardware store in 1880 in Atlanta Ga. he moved
back Clarke county in 1895 1903 he is living in Clarke county Ga.
15C. Lady Jean Kimball - Honoring the memory of Lady Elizabeth
Laugford
18. Private Thomas K. Farrell - Honoring the memory of Private
Edward Gleason,
He was 22 years old and from Ireland when he enter the 44th as a private,
March 17, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa. Captured at Spottsylvania, Va.
He lived in Ahtens with his mother Rosanna and sisters after the war was a welldigger by trade.
He could not read or write and died before 1870 never married.
19. Private Andrew Lolli - Honoring the memory of Private
John B. Pulnot
He was 20 years old when he enter the 44th as a private. March 17, 1862
Wounded at Cedar Creek and Petersburg Va. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. Released 1865. He was born in 1842
in Clarke county, Ga. Like his Brother he was working on his Mother Mary Pulnot farm. He married Martha
and had a son Walter born 1875, return to work on the Farm after the war In 1903 he lived in Bishop Ga.
24. Private - Bo O'Brien Honoring the
memory of Private James J. Griffeth
He was 31 years old when he joined the 44th as a private, March 17, 1862
Captured at Spotsylvania Va. Exchanged December, 1864. Born in 1831 in Athens Ga. In 1851 he married
Mary they had Lewis in 1856, William in 1859, Martha in 1864, Sarah 1867. He was a farmer before
and after the war. Mary died and he remarried Sarah they had Susan in 1877. He owned his farm value
at $5200 in 1860. In 1903 he was living in Clarke county Ga.
12. Private Jonathan Sasor - Honoring the memory of
Private John P. Huff
He was 26 years old when he joined the 44th as a private, March 17,
1862. Captured at Spotsy1vania, Va. Released 1865. Born 1836 in Baldwin Ga.on his Mother Irene Huff farm.
Married Lucy 1856 had Hattie 1858, and John 1861. After the war he return to the farm they had
Alfred 1866, William 1870, James 1872, Mattie 1875, Frank 1876, and Susan 1879. all the boy's were
working on the farm in Puryears Ga. He listed his job in 1880 as a Gold Miner. In 1903 he is living
in Living Oconee country Ga.
14. Private David Bond Honoring the memory of Private L. C. Cooper,
He was 19 years old when he joined the 44th as a private, March 17, 1862.
Wounded at Ellison's Mill, and Wilderness, Va. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va.Was Born in Clarke
County Ga. in 1843 in 1860 he was at Camden Ga. After the war he went to Freestone Texas and became
a town merchant in 1870 He died in Texas before 1880. He was never married.
15. Private Robert Van Hine Honoring the memory of Private Pendleton M. Miller,
, He was the oldest member of the 44th He was 42 years old when he joined the 44th as a private on March 17, 1862.
Captured at Spotsylvania. Va. Released 1865. Born 1830 in Clarke County Ga.
In 1860 he is married to Malettia and they have 3 Children. He is an overseer on Fullilove Plantation. After the war he returns and became a farmer in Walton Clarke county Ga.
They had 2 more Children. He lived in Clarke County in 1903.
16. Private Paul Downey honoring the memory of Private Alfred L. Beavers.,
He was 34 years old when he enter the 44th as a private on August 30, 1862. Captured near Front Royal, Va., 1863.
Released 1865. Born 1828 in Pike County Ga. to John and Elizabeth Beavers his father was a Blacksmith.
Married Mary Ann Word on Feb. 3, 1850 at Upson Ga. He work as a laborer before the war. After the war the family moved to Tarrant, Texas and bought a Farm. They had two children.
Our 44th Georgia Company C Members and Mascot that have gone,
we will never forget, they are at Rest, and in Peace with God
Private Frank Zayack in 2000 at his home from a heart attack
Private Derek Kehoe October 28, 2006 at his home after
a bout with cancer.
Private Gordon Palmer July 13, 2009 at his home after
a long illness
Private Walter [Walt] Steyker Dec. 2014.
Ordnance Sergeant Marty Runner Heart
Attack July 2016
Mascot Dutch was called to the Rainbow Bridge on Dec. 30,
2012
Updated Sept. 4,2017
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